Pakistani March inflation at 12.91 yr/yr

ISLAMABAD, April 10 (Reuters) - Pakistan's consumer price index (CPI), a key indicator of inflation, rose 12.91 percent in March from a year ago, the Federal Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday.

The CPI was up 1.25 percent over February.

Using 2000/01 as the base year, the CPI index stood at 219.65 in March against 216.93 in February.



March Feb

Consumer price index 219.65 216.93

Year-on-year change (pct) 12.91 13.04

Month-on-month change (pct) 1.25 0.39

*Note: figures are sometimes adjusted retrospectively.
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